Tomatoes — Production in Congo
Congo: Tomatoes — Production was 3,846 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Production in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Congo recorded 3,846 t for tomatoes — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — production in Congo peaked at 7,500 t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 2,392 t, in 2000.
Congo ranks 136th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Production in Congo, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,500 t | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 3,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,500 t | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 5,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 5,500 t | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,560 t | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 7,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 7,470 t | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 7,500 t | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 7,400 t | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 7,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,200 t | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 7,300 t | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 7,200 t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 7,100 t | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 6,800 t | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 6,500 t | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 6,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 5,700 t | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 5,000 t | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 4,800 t | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 4,500 t | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 4,007 t | -11.0% |
| 1994 | 3,500 t | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 3,387 t | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 3,196 t | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 2,557 t | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 2,812 t | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 2,446 t | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 2,392 t | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 2,400 t | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 3,185 t | +32.7% |
| 2003 | 2,762 t | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 3,181 t | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 3,200 t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 3,137 t | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 3,100 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 3,200 t | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 3,291 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 3,516 t | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 3,641 t | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 3,743 t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 3,844 t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 3,912 t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 3,779 t | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 3,804 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 3,797 t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,839 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,932 t | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 3,976 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,903 t | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,881 t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 3,861 t | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,846 t | -0.4% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 3,846 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 282,858 t, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Congo's 3,846 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 103,550 t, 4% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Production in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +32.7% | 2,400 t | 3,185 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,667 t | 3,000 t | 4,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,443 t | 5,000 t | 7,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,770 t | 5,700 t | 7,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,621 t | 2,446 t | 5,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,985 t | 2,392 t | 3,291 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,781 t | 3,516 t | 3,932 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,893 t | 3,846 t | 3,976 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 133 Togo 5,199 t compare
- 134 Martinique 4,536 t compare
- 135 Botswana 4,023 t compare
- 137 French Guiana 3,571 t compare
- 138 Liberia 3,570 t compare
- 139 Montenegro 3,520 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — production in Congo?
- Tomatoes — production in Congo was 3,846 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — production recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 7,500 t in 1978.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — production recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,392 t in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for tomatoes — production?
- Congo ranks 136th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — production rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.